AN ESR STUDY OF THE PHOTOREACTION OF NITROALKANES WITH TETRAPHENYLBIPHOSPHINE AND TETRAETHYLPYROPHOSPHITE

Article abstract of DOI:10.1016/S0040-4020(01)91332-8

Some paramagnetic species formed in the photoreactions of nitroalkanes with P-compounds have been characterized by ESR.The observed radicals are mostly nitroxides whose structures are consistent with the trapping of P-centred radicals by intermediate nitroso compounds.